What is Japan Travel?
Japan Travel by NAVITIME is an app that helps travelers explore Japan like a local. It offers features such as travel guides, route search, offline spot search, and travel planning. The app covers all modes of public transport, including trains, subways, taxis, and ferries. It also provides useful information such as platform numbers, station lists, and timetables. The app allows users to save up to 50 recently searched routes and view them offline. Users can also create their own travel plans and add spots to their favorites.
- Explore: Provides basic guides and informative articles about traveling in Japan, written by foreign authors residing in Japan. Topics include transportation, money, internet connection, food, art & culture, nightlife, shopping, etc. Recommended itineraries are also provided for areas throughout the country.
- Route Search: Navigates users from their preferred point of departure to their destination. Covers all modes of public transport and provides useful information such as platform numbers, station lists, and timetables. Users can search directly from a zoomable interactive map of the Tokyo area and save up to 50 recently searched routes. The Japan Rail Pass mode shows the most efficient route for pass holders.
- Map / Offline Spot Search: Allows users to search offline for free Wi-Fi hotspots, currency exchange spots, ATMs, TICs, and train stations. Users can also book hotels, rental cars, and activities nearby their location or destination.
- Plan: Allows users to create their own travel plans by adding spots to their favorites and creating a timeline. Users can confirm transportation information directly from their plan and select modes of transportation like train, taxi, walking, local buses, etc. Users can also start their planning from recommended itineraries and coordinate it by adding spots from their interests.
- Paid Offers additional features such as searching alternative routes in case of a disruption to the searched route, voice navigation, checking the rankings of articles, making more collections, and sorting out favorite spots. The app also provides a rain & snow radar that shows the forecast up to 6 hours ahead.
Note: The app uses GPS in the background to enhance user experience, and continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. Users are also asked to participate in a survey for the Japan Tourism Agency, which is optional.
Japan Travel by NAVITIME will help you travel around like a local! App Overview: -Explore (Travel guides/articles) -Route Search -Map / Offline Spot Search -Plan About the Features: [Explore] -We provide you with basic guides and informative articles about traveling in Japan, written by foreign autohrs residing in Japan. -Topics include transportation, money, internet connection, food, art&culture, nightlife, shopping, etc. -Recommended itineraries are also provided for areas throughout the country. [Route Search] -The app navigates you from your preferred point of departure to your destination. -Search covers all modes of public transport (trains including JR and subway lines, airplanes, taxis, and ferries). -Provides useful information such as the platform number, station lists, and timetables. -Search directly from a zoomable interactive map of the Tokyo area. -Allows you to save up to 50 recently searched routes. You can also see them while offline. -The Japan Rail Pass mode will show the most efficient route for pass holders. [Map / Offline Spot Search] -Search offline for the following spots: Free Wi-Fi hotspots (NTT FREE Wi-Fi, FREESPOT, Starbucks, etc.), currency exchange spots, ATMs, TICs, and train stations. -Book hotels, rental cars, and activities nearby you or your destination. [Plan] -While reading articles or searching on the map, add spots to your favorites that sounds attractive. -Create your own travel plan with your favorite spots by adding them in a timeline. Your plan can be also viewed on a map. -Comfirm the transportation information directly from your plan. You can select modes of transportation like train, taxi, walking, local buses, etc. -Start your planning from our reccomended itineraries, and coordinate it by adding spots from your interests. [PAID Features] -Search alternative routes in case of a disruption to your searched route. -Voice navigation will show you directions and landmarks. -Check the rankings of articles to know the hot topics. -Make more collections and sort out your favorite spots. -Rain & snow radar will show the forcast up to 6 hours ahead. *Notice: -This app uses GPS in the background for the purpose of enhancing user experience. You can turn the GPS off from Settings on your device. -Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. -At the time of your initial access, we ask users to participate in a survey for the Japan Tourism Agency, which is aimed to enhance tourism experience in Japan. This survey is optional, and you will be able to use the app without answering them.
By descamus
The amount of information given in this app is wonderful. Location of a.t.m’s, money exchange, free WiFi, and closest stations is great. Travel route are better than the app that my native japanese friend has, with multiple routes to choose from and distinct JR pass routes. Estimation on how much non JR trains cost and taxi travel is spot on. I’ve been to Japan several times and this app made this trip even easier. I utilized all its features on a daily basis. I thank the developers for a well thought out and very usable application.
By _abhishek
You can optimise for JR pass routes on this app, specially the Shinkansen Bullet trains you can take for free - Google Maps keeps suggesting more expensive options which wasn’t super useful. Sometimes it helps to check Google Maps to see which station is closer to your actual destination...so a map split view would be kinda nice right inside this app and something I might be willing to pay for. All the train stations are in English but I would have also liked if the local Bus stops which were often in Japanese were also in English. Google maps suffers from the same problem so they’re doing the best with the data they have I guess. This something we had to get by with by asking people in Japan around - who are also perhaps the best humans I’ve ever come across.
By Javk5pakfa
Recommended by a Japanese friend of mine, this app turned out to be insanely crucial while I traveled in Japan. At places like Tokyo the metro network can be daunting, but this app tells you how to get from one station to another, which track, what time, and even which car you should be in so that transferring to another line is as efficient as possible. Use this when you are in Japan!